Detroit Historical Museum

Event Details

After a 3 p.m. screening of the film "12th and Clairmount," about the unrest in Detroit in 1967, Jamon Jordan of the Black Scroll Network will lead a bus tour to discuss what led to the events of that time and take participants to key sites that played a role in that era.

The 21/2-hour bus tour, produced by the Detroit Experience Factory, will include stops at Gordon Park, which now occupies the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard (12th Street) and Clairmount, as well as the Birwood Wall, erected on Detroit’s Birwood Street in the 1940s to create a barrier between black and white residents.

The tour begins at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6. Participants will check in at the museum and then gather just outside of the Detroit Historical Museum. The bus will return to the departure point following the tour.

For your planning purposes...

Parking: There is limited parking at the Detroit Historical Museum for a $7 fee. We recommend street parking or Wayne State University's Parking Structure 6, a block south on Putnam Street east of Cass.

Museum Visit: We also recommend carving out time before the bus tour for the Detroit Historical Museum's "Detroit '67 Perspectives for a deep, interactive look at the 1967 civil disturbance, its causes and the aftermath. Museum hours on Sunday are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.